"My Husband Hired an Escort While I Was in the Hospital"

Unless you're in an open relationship, sleeping with someone else is a major no-no—obviously. And while some couples can overcome cheating, things get taken to a whole other level when the person who has been unfaithful paid for the sex he or she had with someone else. Just take a look at what 29-year-old Reddit user Hspitalizdthrowaway recently posted on the site about her 31-year-old husband: "I discovered he hired an escort while I was in the hospital.... Once I got home it took me some time to recover and get back to how I was physically before my surgery. During this time we didn't really have much sex. I was in too much pain and couldn't do too much physically though I did try and satisfy him orally." Cheating is never OK, but this story is especially upsetting because it happened while she was recovering from a very invasive colon procedure.

In her post, the woman gives Reddit users some background and explains that she had her husband had been happily together (her words) for four years, married for two, and enjoyed frequent sex (with each other, not other people). However, during her month-long stay in the hospital following surgery, her husband decided he couldn't go without sex. She discovered that during that time, he cheated on her. And paid for it.

How did she find out? Her husband's friend Greg called her after the two men went out for a drink to tell her what had happened. She writes: "Apparently they got really drunk and started talking about how Greg wouldn't be having sex for a while," because his wife just had a baby, "And my husband said that he could always hire an escort and that my husband did that when I was in the hospital."

Understandably, the woman says she was shocked and completely at a loss, especially because she and her husband had been thinking about having a baby in the near future. She turned to Reddit for some unbiased advice. Here's what people had to say:

"Please don't try for a baby. Having a kid makes you very vulnerable, emotionally and physically and financially, and if you can't trust this guy that's a really bad road to take." —RememberKoomValley

"I have a close friend who escorts professionally. The good news is most escorts are very on-the-ball with regular STI testing and insist on condoms. Yes, get yourself tested. This industry is still illegal and unregulated, but don't panic about it. Bad news is, almost all her clients are older wealthy married white men looking for an 'fantasy.'" —heroicintent

"I wonder what else Greg knows. I'll tell you, I bet this isn't the first time Greg has heard him say sh-t or seen him do stuff. You don't report this kind of comment to the wife just out of the blue. I bet Greg had plenty of reasons for a long time to raise the alarm bell to you. This was just the straw that broke the camel's back." —Dorkypotato

"Something about your post makes me think that maybe you felt responsible for his sexual gratification and you must have 'failed' in some way because he went and did this.

You've done nothing wrong here; in fact, you are a great partner for offering up bjs even though you were recovering from surgery. You were in no way obligated to, but you were there for him because you cared about his pleasure. He doesn't deserve you." —mischief_managed

"You did nothing wrong. I've had times over my 15 year marriage where sex has been almost non-existent due to health problems. My husband supported me through them, never made me feel small because of them and as a result now that I'm healthy we have sex almost as much as we did in that first 12 months of our relationship. A true partner helps you get through the tough times, especially if they know you're doing all you can to get better, or that you're making an effort (you're in pain and still giving him head? You're a warrior woman!)." —BwanaSplitWhat's your take? Should she confront her husband? What would you do?